Toronto, December 29, 2022 – Small businesses are wrapping up the year with a mixed outlook, according to the latest Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) Business Barometer®. Despite ongoing challenges, the state of business this December is virtually back to where it was three years ago: 38% of entrepreneurs now say their business is in good shape and 17% describe their situation as bad (those shares were 38% and 16% respectively in December 2019).
“Although it is encouraging to see some things going back to normal, such as how entrepreneurs perceive the overall state of their business, we have

